Terry Harper wrote:
"John Rowland" wrote in message
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"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Terry Harper wrote:

You could route it above the pavements with
bridges across the road junctions, and across
the river. Escalators up to travelator level.

Highly popular with first-floor residents, I should imagine.
It would ruin the streetscape if it were above street level.

The clearance required is also much greater. Subways beneath the roads

would

be shallow and could easily come back up to street level.


You've never been to a town with arcades at first floor level then? Or one
with an overhead tramway/railway system?

Do they regularly try to fit these overhead constructs into existing
narrow streets that are hundreds of years old?

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London